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Minari

  • 20202020
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
85K
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POPULARITY
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1,346
Alan Kim, Noel Cho, Steven Yeun, and Yeri Han in Minari (2020)
A tender and sweeping story about what roots us, Minari follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instability and challenges of this new life in the rugged Ozarks, Minari shows the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
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A Korean family starts a farm in 1980s Arkansas.A Korean family starts a farm in 1980s Arkansas.A Korean family starts a farm in 1980s Arkansas.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
85K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,600
1,346
  • Director
    • Lee Isaac Chung
  • Writer
    • Lee Isaac Chung
  • Stars
    • Steven Yeun
    • Yeri Han
    • Alan Kim
  • Director
    • Lee Isaac Chung
  • Writer
    • Lee Isaac Chung
  • Stars
    • Steven Yeun
    • Yeri Han
    • Alan Kim
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    • 433User reviews
    • 301Critic reviews
    • 89Metascore
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 121 wins & 249 nominations total

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    Steven Yeun and Yeri Han in Minari (2020)
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    Yeri Han in Minari (2020)
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    Steven Yeun
    Steven Yeun
    • Jacob
    Yeri Han
    Yeri Han
    • Monica
    Alan Kim
    Alan Kim
    • David
    Noel Cho
    Noel Cho
    • Anne
    • (as Noel Kate Cho)
    Darryl Cox
    Darryl Cox
    • Mr. Harlan
    Esther Moon
    Esther Moon
    • Mrs. Oh
    Ben Hall
    Ben Hall
    • Dowsing Dan
    Eric Starkey
    • Randy Boomer
    Will Patton
    Will Patton
    • Paul
    Youn Yuh-jung
    Youn Yuh-jung
    • Soonja
    • (as Yuh-jung Youn)
    Jacob M Wade
    Jacob M Wade
    • Johnnie
    • (as Jacob Wade)
    James Carroll
    James Carroll
    • Brother Roy
    Jenny Phagan
    Jenny Phagan
    • Bonnie
    Tina Parker
    Tina Parker
    • Debbie
    Chloe Lee
    Chloe Lee
    • June
    Joel Telford
    Joel Telford
    • Older Kid
    Scott Haze
    Scott Haze
    • Billy
    Kaye Brownlee-France
    Kaye Brownlee-France
    • Lab Tech
    • Director
      • Lee Isaac Chung
    • Writer
      • Lee Isaac Chung
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    The Rise of Steven Yeun

    The Rise of Steven Yeun

    "The Walking Dead" favorite Steven Yeun has recently had a breakthrough in critically-acclaimed films like Okja, Burning, and more recently he plays an immigrant adjusting to American life with his family in Minari. "No Small Parts" takes a look at his acting career.
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      Writer and director Lee Isaac Chung wrote in the Los Angeles Times about how he came to write Minari. He was about to start teaching full time for the sake of his family and thought he would write one final script in the few months before the job began. Desperate for inspiration, he closed his eyes at his regular coffee shop and the words "Willa Cather" rang in his ears. Looking her up, he saw she was a novelist who wrote about life on the Great Plains, and he fell in love with her novel "My Antonia". He learned that Cather initially imitated famous novelists who wrote about city life, thinking her own rural experience wouldn't be accepted. She felt unfulfilled and then wrote successful rural stories that were true to herself. She said, "Life began for me, when I ceased to admire and began to remember." Reflecting on this, Chung said, "I wondered if the voice was leading me to these words, so that I would begin to trust in my own. As an exercise, I devoted an afternoon to writing my memories of childhood. I remembered our family's arrival at a single-wide trailer on an Ozark meadow and my mother's shock at learning that this would be our new home. I recalled the smell of freshly plowed soil and the way the color of it pleased my father. I remembered the creek where I threw rocks at snakes while my grandmother planted a Korean vegetable that grew without effort. With each memory, I saw my life anew, as though the clouds had shifted over a field I had seen every day. After writing 80 memories, I sketched a narrative arc with themes about family, failure and rebirth. That's how I got the idea to write 'Minari'; it began for me, when I ceased to admire and began to remember."
    • Goofs
      Modern cars are visible in one shot as the family drives through town.
    • Quotes

      Soonja: Minari is truly the best. It grows anywhere, like weeds. So anyone can pick and eat it. Rich or poor, anyone can enjoy it and be healthy. Minari can be put in kimchi, put in stew, put in soup. It can be medicine if you are sick. Minari is wonderful, wonderful!

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    User reviews433

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    6/10
    Good Effort, Average Movie
    A Korean family of 4 moving to rural Arkansas to fulfil the wish of the stubborn father to becoming a farmer during the 80's. The film is beautifully made with good acting from most of the actors, young and old. I suppose there's only so much autobiographical story to tell about the farmer father and the struggling mother so the large portion of the film focuses on the two children and their visiting maternal grandmother. A well executed two hour family movie but failed to leave much impression to this viewer.
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    • Release date
      • February 12, 2021 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • Korean
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Khát Vọng Đổi Đời
    • Filming locations
      • Oklahoma, USA
    • Production company
      • Plan B Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,110,580
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $193,460
      • Feb 14, 2021
    • Gross worldwide
      • $15,312,445
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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